The world's a stage
Driving through the sleepy town of Alma on the way to the high school, you'll pass a newer, modern Boys and Girls Club building and a pretty fancy Aquatic Cent…
Stories by Lara Hightower
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At What Price?
First produced in London in 1982, Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" hit the stage with a main character, Marlene, meant to bring to mind Prime Minister Margaret Th…
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Celebrated chef Matthew Cooper returns to Arkansas roots and opens a gluten-free restaurant
The name of one of Northwest Arkansas’ most popular restaurants is literal.
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Heat doesn't keep the Rockin' Baker out of the kitchen
A lot has changed for Fayetteville bakery Rockin' Baker in the past year, says owner and operator Daymara Baker. The nonprofit organization hires employees fro…
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A Smart, Spooky Tale - ArkansasStaged’s ‘Squeamish’ lives up to name
Playwright Aaron Mack's one-woman play “Squeamish” opens in the middle of the night in the office of a psychiatrist’s home, where a client named Sharon is begi…
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'Wizard Of Oz' Finds New Road At Alma Performing Arts Center
When the Alma Performing Arts Center hosts "The Wizard of Oz" on Saturday, some members of the cast and crew might feel right at home. After all, it was just l…
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Neighbors honor veteran who died
Cindy Weber recalled a neighbor knocked on her door when she moved to the 1700 block of Springdale’s Willard Street in 2002.
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Nothing New Here - ‘Fall’ in love with vintage at the Junk Ranch
The Junk Ranch is arguably Northwest Arkansas' largest indoor/outdoor flea market, and co-founders Julie Speed and Amy Daniels say the autumn event starting Oc…
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HIGH PROFILE: Belgian knight Lieven A.H. Bertels set to lead new Arkansas performing arts center
It's not every day that a Knight of the Belgian Order of the Crown moves into Northwest Arkansas.
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Small brewery, big splash - Brewmaster mixes different, meaningful beers
For Leigh Nogy, two-time, U.S. Open Beer Champion and founder of Dark Hills Brewery, beer brewing involves deep emotion. Like any art, brewing a good beer requ…
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Iraqi students spend part of summer at UA
On a recent weekday in July, nearly 30 young Iraqi college students sat quietly in the City Council chambers at Fayetteville City Hall, listening carefully as …
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Dave and Jenny Marrs
After you meet Bentonville-based developers Dave and Jenny Marrs, it is both easy to believe and difficult to understand how the two came to find themselves in…
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'The Good Life'
Rogers' upcoming event, "The Good Life Experience," will give participants a special peek into the wide variety of food, art and outdoor activities the city of…
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Fayetteville Film Fest Antes Up
The 2018 Fayetteville Film Fest kicks off on Sept. 20 with a rockin' street party -- complete with musicians, street performers and visual artists on hand -- t…
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Arkansas Collaboration
When director Daniel Campbell took his first project -- a short film called "Antiquities" -- to the 2010 Little Rock Film Festival, he won the Charles B. Pierc…
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UA's All-Star Lyrique Quintette Releases New CD
The Lyrique Quintette, a University of Arkansas faculty woodwind chamber ensemble in residence, will be releasing its second CD at an event Sept. 16 at the 21c…
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Sensory Iconoclasts - In fifth year, ACO art event tackles pay inequality
When Eve Smith, artist and Arts Center of the Ozarks director of exhibitions and public programs, and noted area chef Case Dighero teamed up years ago for a pr…
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Bassoonist's balance - Music and community important to musician
Lia Uribe's career is an example of what can happen when someone finds her passion early.
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Joe Copeland - Real Life Superhero
It’s summertime, and the movie theaters are chock full of superhero stories: colorfully costumed, caped guardians of the public good, flying or swinging or spe…
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Conservation Day Remembers Past, Looks To Future
The Compton Gardens and Conference Center in Bentonville will celebrate its mission of environmental stewardship today as it hosts Compton Conservation Day fro…
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Amy Tu -- World view, NWA roots
Amy Tu, executive vice president and general counsel at Tyson Foods, left and returned to Fayetteville twice. In between, she traveled the world as she climbed…
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Take It Outside
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is determined to make the most of its 120 gorgeous, park-like acres. Take its Forest Concert Series, for example.
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Making music for others - Fayetteville musicians operate ‘home-style’ studio
"Everything down to the color scheme and the books on the wall swaddle you like a ... goose down comforter. There's plenty of space to think and lots of differ…
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Four Minutes, Four Questions Nate Powell
On Aug. 3, graphic novelist and Arkansas native Nate Powell will appear at the Fayetteville Public Library to discuss his work -- including his new, Arkansas-s…
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Jeane Mack - Every kid is savable at Washington County Juvenile Detention Center
Jeane Mack has a big heart for the youth who come her way, whether their roads to the Washington County Juvenile Detention Center where she is director are pav…
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A 'Toast' To Innovation
The Ann Brown Memorial School, a new private school that will start its first academic year for kindergartners and first-graders this fall, will host its first…
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Out of This World
The setting for Crystal Bridges' Sci-Fi Outdoor Movie Series, which kicks off on July 26 with the 1956 classic "Forbidden Planet," is the North Lawn of the mus…
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All Spun Up - Rogers Cycling Festival brings cyclists to town for serious fun`
When Greg Lindley and Matt Crafton were first approached by the Rogers Chamber of Commerce to bring a biking element to the Frisco Festival more than five year…
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One 'Fine' Musical - ‘My Fair Lady’ a joyous journey for FSLT director
When Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway in 1956, it was an immediate sensation. The New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson called it a…
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Magaly Licolli - Worker rights are her passion
For Magaly Licolli, advocating for others' rights started with advocating for her own.
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Backstage Hero - Stage managers do the work you don’t know needs to be done
At about 6:15 p.m. during a Thursday evening in May, the crew of TheatreSquared's production of The Hound of the Baskervilles were bustling around Nadine Baum …
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Performing Partnerships
The Arts Center of the Ozarks recently released a glimpse into its 2018-19 season and, says Executive Director Kathleen Trotter, the goal of the arts organizat…
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Not Just For Fun
Northwest Arkansas teens with a penchant for the performing arts -- be it on or off the stage -- are in luck.
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HIGH PROFILE: Arkansas commercial real estate developer Tommy Van Zandt hasn’t let paralyzing midlife accident deter him
Tommy Van Zandt was 49 years old on the blustery February day he climbed up a 10-foot ladder to cut limbs off a tall tree on the property of his Fayetteville h…
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Strong Women Unite
ArkansasStaged will host a workshop reading of playwright Ashley Edward's new play, "Field Notes From Mother Earth," on July 8 at Bentonville's 21c Museum Hote…
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Pat Parsons Hutter
Dynamite comes in small packages."
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Let the sun shine in
One Northwest Arkansas church is doing its part to reduce its carbon footprint and make smart energy consumption choices that benefit the environment -- and sa…
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The Play's The Thing
William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" is frequently cited as one of his frothiest comedies: Characters Benedick and Beatrice spend much of the play ve…
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Take A 'BITE' Of NWA
BITE NWA -- a celebration of the culinary wonders that can be found both in and outside of Northwest Arkansas -- will kick off on June 20 at the 8th Street Mar…
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Junie's B.'s Simple Lessons
Arts Live's latest show, "Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook," stars one of the spunkiest characters in children's fiction. In 1992, when Junie B. appeared in the f…
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Fluke - Fayetteville artist discovers teaching
Alex Cogbill is more than happy to talk about Local Color Studio Gallery, the intimate, sleek art gallery he founded and operates in south Fayetteville. He's p…
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Eureka Sings The Blues
For three glorious days, June 14--17, the sweet sound of blues music will be wafting through the streets and parks of the Eureka Springs downtown as the commun…
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Julie Gabel & Mike Thomas
If you have a child -- or are a child, or know a child -- who is involved in the performing arts in Northwest Arkansas, it's a good bet that that child has met…
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A toast to a great golfer
On June 6, a close-knit group of friends and colleagues of journalism luminary Roy Reed gathered at Paradise Valley Golf and Athletic Club to raise a toast and…
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Joel Gardner
Nothing good happens after midnight. That's something Ozark Regional Transit's executive director Joel Gardner learned when he answered his phone at 1:03 a.m. …
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Live, Eat, Create
On Thursday, Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food will launch a bold new experience with its Brightwater Salon Series.
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Dancing In The Street
For one Saturday afternoon next month, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's Artinfusion -- a social group designed for museum patrons from the ages of 21 i…
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A Pirate's Life For Me
When the Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater presents "Treasure Island" -- a radio play adapted from the original story told by Robert Louis Stevenson -- actors w…
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Anthony Wappel
"Tony is one of the most important figures we've ever had when it comes to the knowledge and preservation of our local history," says author J.B. Hogan of his …
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Young And Talented
Theater is my true passion," says playwright Charlotte McCombs, whose play, "Independence," is premiering this weekend at Arts Live in Fayetteville. "I love it…
